A COURT has ordered psychiatric reports to be prepared on a 21-year-old Jamaican man who last month tried to hijack a Canadian jet, taking 182 people hostage, officials said.Stephen Fray appeared in court here at a closed-door hearing, facing 24 charges arising out of the April 19 incident at Montego Bay international airport when he tried to take over a chartered CanJet Boeing 737.The hearing was adjourned until May 18 by judge Bertram Morrison, when the charges are expected to be read to Fray to allow him to plead.
The dramatic hijacking ended when police stormed the airliner and captured the gunman without firing a shot. Fray was alleged to have sneaked past security onto Flight 918 during its layover stop in Montego Bay using an identity card which belonged to a family member.Armed with a .38 revolver, he held up the passengers and crew demanding money and valuables and is also reported to have demanded to be flown to neighbouring Cuba.He was disarmed after an eight-hour stand-off. None of the passengers on board the aircraft, which was headed for Cuba, were hurt in the ordeal.
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